by Kate Allen | Dec 7, 2021 | Featured, Headline, Schools, Teachers
Imagine you are a 5th grader in a remote village just mastering the incredibly complicated Khmer alphabet. Now imagine something called a ‘pandemic’ happens – what even is THAT?! – and your school closes. You must stay at home and virtually miss two full school years,...
by Kate Allen | Nov 4, 2021 | Covid19 Strategy, Featured, Food & Wellness, Headline, News from the Field
While many countries spent 2020 in and out of lockdowns and are now broadly free of restrictions, Cambodia’s COVID journey has been almost the polar opposite. For much of last year, we still had freedom of movement, affording a degree of normalcy to daily life and...
by Lori Carlson | Oct 29, 2021 | Enrichment Programs, Featured, Headline, Mentorship, Scholarships, Schools, University
Every year, PLF awards upwards of 25 full University Scholarships to deserving students coming up through our various projects. The impact of students having missed school for most of the last 18 months is tremendous and has put plenty of wrenches in the...
by Christin Spoolstra | Aug 21, 2021 | Featured, Headline, News from the Field, Schools, Staff, Workshops
Most small NGOs try to hide the reality that we’re all learning to fly while midair. Our Get Real series shows that we won’t ever hide those bumps and bruises. Most NGOs, like PLF, are understaffed and overworked with to-do lists that seem only ever to grow and all...
by Lori Carlson | Aug 2, 2021 | Featured, Headline, News from the Field, Schools
How deep into the bush can we go? That’s what’s always on our minds. The number of children who reside in the deep jungle without services of any sort is absolutely staggering. PLF has been working in southern Preah Vihear Province since 2007, when we opened Koh Ker...
by Christin Spoolstra | Jul 23, 2021 | Featured, Headline, Schools
PLF students at Knar Village have always struggled to complete school even more than our students who live in much more remote areas. It’s been disheartening and frustrating for years. The search for the reason why has become a focus in the last couple of years....
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